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Italy's 2023 Exhibition Calendar: From Perugino to Pistoletto

exhibition · 2026-04-27

The 2023 exhibition season in Italy showcases a wide range of artwork, spanning from the Renaissance to modern times. Notable exhibitions include 'Il meglio maestro d’Italia. Perugino nel suo tempo' at Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria (March 4–June 11), 'El Greco' (October 13–February 4, 2024) and 'Goya' (October 31–March 3, 2024) at Palazzo Reale, and 'Reaching for the Stars' at Palazzo Strozzi (March 4–June 18). Additionally, Mudec will host 'Dalì, Magritte, Man Ray e il Surrealismo' (March 22–July 30), while MAXXI presents 'Claudio Abate. Superficie sensibile' (February 24–June 4). The 18th Venice Architecture Biennale is set for May 20–November 26, and the Museo di Santa Giulia will unveil 'Miseria e Nobiltà' on February 14, which will later be displayed at the Getty Museum.

Key facts

  • Perugino exhibition at Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria runs March 4–June 11, 2023
  • Palazzo Reale in Milan hosts El Greco (Oct 13–Feb 4, 2024) and Goya (Oct 31–Mar 3, 2024)
  • Palazzo Strozzi's 'Reaching for the Stars' celebrates 30 years of Sandretto Re Rebaudengo collection
  • Mudec exhibition pairs surrealist works from Boijmans Van Beuningen with its permanent collection
  • MAXXI opens with Claudio Abate photography show (Feb 24–Jun 4), followed by Enzo Cucchi and Mario Cresci
  • Peggy Guggenheim Collection dedicates monographic show to Marcel Duchamp (Oct 14–Mar 18, 2024)
  • Palazzo dei Diamanti reopens with 'Rinascimento a Ferrara' featuring Ercole de’ Roberti and Lorenzo Costa
  • Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, curated by Lesley Lokko, focuses on Africa (May 20–Nov 26)

Entities

Artists

  • Pietro Perugino
  • El Greco
  • Francisco Goya
  • Maurizio Cattelan
  • Sarah Lucas
  • Damien Hirst
  • Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
  • Salvador Dalí
  • René Magritte
  • Man Ray
  • Claudio Abate
  • Enzo Cucchi
  • Mario Cresci
  • Marcel Duchamp
  • Ercole de’ Roberti
  • Lorenzo Costa
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • Raphael
  • Andrea Palladio
  • Caravaggio
  • Gian Lorenzo Bernini
  • Nicolas Poussin
  • Michelangelo Pistoletto
  • Ruth Orkin
  • Robert Capa
  • Marlon Brando
  • Woody Allen
  • Giacomo Ceruti
  • Giovanni Battista Moroni
  • Angelo Bellotti
  • Monsù
  • Todeschini
  • Jusepe de Ribera
  • David Hammons
  • Agnes Martin
  • Danh Vo
  • Rudolf Stingel
  • Sherrie Levine
  • On Kawara
  • Lesley Lokko

Institutions

  • Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
  • Palazzo Reale di Milano
  • Palazzo Strozzi
  • Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
  • Mudec
  • Museo Boijmans Van Beuningen
  • MAXXI
  • Collezione Peggy Guggenheim
  • Fondazione Solomon R. Guggenheim
  • Palazzo dei Diamanti
  • Musei Capitolini
  • Palazzo Roverella
  • Palladio Museum
  • Royal Institute of British Architects
  • Uffizi
  • Biblioteca Centrale di Firenze
  • Palazzo Ducale di Genova
  • Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica
  • Palazzo Grassi
  • Punta della Dogana
  • Pinault Collection
  • Condé Nast
  • Castello di Rivoli
  • Musei Reali di Torino
  • La Biennale di Venezia
  • Museo di Santa Giulia
  • Fondazione Brescia Musei
  • J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Perugia
  • Italy
  • Milan
  • Florence
  • Rome
  • Venice
  • Ferrara
  • Rovigo
  • Vicenza
  • Genoa
  • Turin
  • Brescia
  • Los Angeles
  • United States
  • Rotterdam
  • Netherlands
  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Caen
  • France
  • Modena
  • Washington
  • Abano Terme

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